| From: | Lonni J Friedman <netllama(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Marc Fromm <Marc(dot)Fromm(at)wwu(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: returning id |
| Date: | 2011-09-20 19:44:52 |
| Message-ID: | CAP=oouEkQAF1yrbBBFe=c9XAeM3awMpOndi=+8C_p-Jo0Roi=w@mail.gmail.com |
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On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Marc Fromm <Marc(dot)Fromm(at)wwu(dot)edu> wrote:
> Can I use “RETURNING id” in an insert statement with postgresql version
> 8.1.10?
>
> I cannot find a clear example on how to use it to capture the id created by
> the insert statement into a variable in PHP.
>
>
>
> Many examples are like this but don’t state how to access the returned id:
>
> INSERT INTO Addresses (address, city, state, postalcode) VALUES ('123 Main
> St.','Springfield','MA','01109') RETURNING id;
>
Is there a reason why you can't use the currval function:
select currval('id_seq')
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